Living in Old Mill Creek, IL: what to set up and who to call
Two school districts split the grades in Old Mill Creek: Warren Township High School District 121 and Millburn Community Consolidated School District 24. The closest public drop-off to Old Mill Creek is Waste Management, 5 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Old Mill Creek, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Old Mill Creek.
Power comes from Commonwealth Edison
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Old Mill Creek. Its homes paid an average of 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $107 a month (its average across Illinois, for customers on its standard service). Illinois lets you buy power from another supplier; 20% of Commonwealth Edison’s home customers do, and Commonwealth Edison still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Lindenhurst water system
The Lindenhurst water system supplies Old Mill Creek: about 4% of residents live in its service area. About 93% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Lake Villa and Central Lake County Jawa as sellers) and serves 14,500 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 3.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 86% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. IL0971000.
Which providers serve Old Mill Creek
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Old Mill Creek, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
The nearest public drop-off is 5 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Old Mill Creek.
Waste Management
This isn’t Old Mill Creek’s own facility. Whether Old Mill Creek residents may use it is the town’s rule: check oldmillcreekil.govoffice3.com.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Old Mill Creek is in two districts that split the grades: Warren Township High School District 121 and Millburn Community Consolidated School District 24.
Test scores and every school: see Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Old Mill Creek spans 3 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Old Mill Creek residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Old Mill Creek | ZIP’s residents in Old Mill Creek |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60083 | Wadsworth, IL | 74% | 1% |
| 60046 | Lake Villa, IL | 23% | 0% |
| 60002 | Antioch, IL | 2% | 0% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Old Mill Creek
Who supplies Old Mill Creek’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The Lindenhurst water system (EPA ID IL0971000). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.9 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Old Mill Creek?
Commonwealth Edison (Commonwealth Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 17.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Old Mill Creek?
60083 (74%), 60046 (23%), 60002 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Old Mill Creek in?
Warren Township High School District 121 and Millburn Community Consolidated School District 24. Parts of the city are in Antioch Community High School District 117 and Woodland Community Consolidated School District 50 and Antioch Community Consolidated School District 34 and Beach Park Community Consolidated School District 3 and Zion-Benton Township High School District 126.
How do I register to vote in Old Mill Creek?
In Illinois you can register online until 16 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 28 days before). Elections here are run by the Lake County Clerk. Check your registration at ova.elections.il.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet (FCC): pending.